Tips To A Variety Of Rewarding Careers As A Working Chef –
Part 2.
Remember that the premises you work for is a business that requires responsible stewardship. IE the kitchen needs to have a working staff that is able to handle the flow of orders. Some establishments would need to have several chefs, with a Master Chef being the overseer. In larger establishments, an Executive Chef and a Head Cook are two positions that work together to coordinate the kitchen. Suffice to say, depending on the type and size of the business, the responsibilities of the chef vary.
Being a chef can offer six figure incomes, travel, social life, mullti-locations and preferenced, specialised work. There are many niche areas too often leading to your own specialized self-employment or business. Consider the celebrity chefs in the media -- chefs such as Emeril Lagasse, Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson. These are Chefs to the masses.
There’s another kind of Chef career choice – one that rates a lower form of public appreciation yet can be very fulfilling for the right person -- a Personal Chef. These working chefs outwork a caring methodology often in a more private setting, planning and preparing meals in line with the client's dietary needs or health strategy. This kind of Chef will do everything necessary for their client, order ingredients and supplies, prepare the meals, clean the kitchen and even wash the dishes!
Some Personal Chefs take the corporate or celebrity route – working for a client, family, or band who is often on tour. This Chef will work to meet the needs of the client often earning a high income.
Tip: remember that there are many allied areas of career too which offer myriad opportunities for diversity including becoming teachers, salespersons, critics or writers in the hospitality industry working overseas or just around the corner -- if you have a passion for food, then there are literally countless well paying hospitality industry and catering jobs out there just for you.
Tip: in this information technology age, budding chefs and hospitality workers can take advantage of career-generating websites such as www.contracthospitalitystaff.com - an online casual employment functionality where chefs can cash in on many employers gaining access to casual shifts and regular work to suit personality types, skills or location at relatively short notice.
The above-mentioned site was actually developed out of necessity by the writer, who frequently found it very advantageous to capitalise on well-paid employment opportunities the moment they became available.
Being well connected to employers to source the jobs you want in the contract hospitality industry, visit www.contracthospitalitystaff.com but remember to take the time to round out your personal profile online considering where you want to work, the type of career you want to aim towards, your developed skills and the type of venue as outlined in the information above.
Posted Feb 4, 2009 by admin